Synonyms for dell

Grammar : Noun

Spell : del

Phonetic Transcription : dɛl

Définition of dell

Origin : Old English dell "dell, hollow, dale" (perhaps lost and then borrowed in Middle English from cognate Middle Dutch/Middle Low German delle), from Proto-Germanic *daljo (cf. German Delle "dent, depression," Gothic ib-dalja "slope of a mountain"); related to dale (q.v.).

noun valley

Example sentences :

"Well, I do think it's awfully good, Dell," began the Countess.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

We can't do that, Dell; we got to stay here and feed this gang once more.
Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland

I am sorry to trouble you; but I really am unable to leave the Dell.
Extract from : « Olive » by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)

"I have left it behind me in the dell," she said, blushing and hanging her head.
Extract from : « Sandman's Goodnight Stories » by Abbie Phillips Walker

"Dell wasn't elected to the office," Judge Thayer explained.
Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden

Judge Thayer introduced this man as Dell Hutton, county treasurer.
Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden

I think he wooed her at noon-tide, down by the riverside, or by the spring in the dell.
Extract from : « Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales » by Robert L. Taylor

The dell at the top of the grounds was Hester's favourite haunt.
Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose

And, hidden in a dell in the forest, they came upon two women.
Extract from : « The Children of Odin » by Padraic Colum

Und now, my younger vrient, I will dell you zomedings to dell dem bruder.
Extract from : « Diamond Dyke » by George Manville Fenn

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